Besides available international data on assessment of chemicals a number of Danish lists, registers and databases of chemicals are available. Furthermore research reports and reviews within the field of the occurrence and application of chemicals exist.

At the Danish Environmental Protection Agency both lists of certain chemicals are available as well as environmental reviews and reports. Some major registers and report will be mentioned. Most of the mentioned literature will be available only in Danish language.

List of Hazardous Chemical Substances is public available. It is published as a statutory order. It includes CAS no., EINECS no., classification, labelling and remarks about specific rules. It is revised every second year.

List of approved pesticides in Denmark. The list is revised once a year in a paper version and every third month in a diskette version.

List of undesirable chemical substances is published in a discussion paper from the Danish EPA concerning chemicals (December 1996). The list includes about 100 chemical substances and groups of substances which in general is undesirable, but not banned. Each chemical substance is mentioned by CAS no., occurrence in goods, the reasons for selection is stated, effects on health and/or environment and existing regulations concerning the chemical.

Environmental Review on C-values. The review is a survey of existing limit values for emissions to the air of a number of chemical substances. The review is founded in a guidance document concerning air polluting substances from enterprises. The review also includes data sheets for a number of chemicals in the list of C-values. The data sheets describe physical characteristics, occurrence and use, environmental and health effects.

A number of research reports are available at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency. A few examples of these research report are mentioned here:

Environmental Reports on Quality Criteria for Soil and Groundwater (1996). One report which include toxicological quality criteria for soil and drinking water. Another report includes ecotoxicological quality criteria for soil. Also data sheets for the included chemicals are shown.

Environmental Report on assessment of DEHP and other Phatalates (1996). The report is available in English.

Environmental Report on assessment of health effects of air pollution from traffic. The report is in progress.

Environmental Report on Male Reproductive Health and Environmental Chemicals with Oestrogen effects (1995) . The report includes toxicological evaluations of pesticides and environmental chemicals. (available in English)

Both registrations of injuries and products containing chemicals take place at the Danish Working Environment Services. Also a number of research reports concerning workers health and safety aspects are available. Some major registers, lists and report are mentioned.

The Registry of Occupational Injuries. Information about occupational injuries are recorded. The recording system will be introduced in the other EU member states.

The Danish Product Register Data Base . The Danish Product Register is a governmental data base for information concerning substances, materials and products used in Denmark. The data base is established by the Ministry of Environment and Energy and the Ministry of Labour. The data base is not public available. Information about specific chemical products are partly available.

List of Occupational Exposure Limits. The list is public available. It includes a list of the existing occupational exposure limits as well as a list of cancerogenic chemical substances in the working environment.

SUBTEC is a PC-based database, which is public available. It is meant for substitution purposes in product development processes. The system includes both technical and health criteria for chemical substances.

VOC-base is also a PC-based database. It includes a list of odour and mucous irritation threshold values for a number of volatile organic compounds. This database is meant for indoor air evaluation of products emitting VOC´s.

A number of research project reports on workers health and safety aspects are available at the Directorate.

A programme on food monitoring of nutrients and contaminants in Denmark was established in 1983 at the National Food Agency. Analyses of contaminants are performed by the regional laboratories, and the data are compiled by the National Food Agency. Reports are published on the results of dietary survey and on the findings of pesticide residues in Danish food.

All the lists mentioned below are given in the Statutory Orders described in section 5.2.4:

A list of maximum levels for certain compounds originating from natural occurring flavours.

A list of maximum residue levels for pesticides in food.

A list of maximum levels for lead, cadmium, mercury and tin.

In the Statutory Order on additives for use in food it is described that the National Food Agency generates the list of approved food additives (the Positive List).

Scientific papers with toxicological research data and risk evaluations are published in peer reviewed scientific journals and in national and international reports.

This section provides an overview of the institutions responsible for surveying the different areas relevant to this document.

The National Environmental Research Institute is responsible for the monitoring of activities such as the quality of drinking water, groundwater and marine water.

The Pesticides Division of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency collects data on the import, export and trade of pesticides. An annual report presents the collected data.

The Waste Division at the Danish EPA collects data on waste production, disposal procedures and import/export of waste. An annual report is available.

Besides these areas surveillance of discharges of environmentally harmful substances to air and water is carried out. The collected data among others includes the emission of CO₂, SO₂, NO^x, NH₃, CH₄, heavy metals and VOC's to the air as well as discharge of fertilizers to the water. The consumption of chemical substances in the industry is also surveyed.